Watch What-If: Rolex Submariner

"Watch What-If" is a special column on aBlogtoRead.com that asks the playful question "what if an iconic watch you know and love was offered in a different style?" The idea embraces a good timepiece's core design and has fun by offering new colors and material concepts to stimulate your senses. These ideas may be provocative, artistic, or just plain silly. This is about fun, Photoshop, and the celebration of wrist watch design and experimentation. The original design we work off will always be at the bottom of the article. Ideas and comments are more than welcome. Enough response may even lead to a round two of design. You are also encouraged to suggest watches that make it into the Watch What-If section here on aBlogtoRead.com.

The black and yellow PVD submariner is amazing, I wish that watch existed. It reminds me of the Pittsburgh Steelers!
The first watch the all stainless or white gold model could probably be custom designed by Swiss jewelers.
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Bamford & Sons' and Project X's Rolex DLC customisations are very popular and for good reason - they are awesome. I wonder if Rolex will buy them out like Mercedes did AMG, or just offer the service themselves. They really should...

It's high time Rolex gets a little "louder" with design, and shake a bit of that stodgy image...a new slogan for sales that would be an attention grabber..."Run Buck Naked Wild"...The New Rolex !!!! CEO's everywhere would be clutching their collective chests :)

Well that was certainly in the Thanksgiving Spirit...I'll take a black and yellow one with carbon face and titanium bracelet...preferable on a Daytona....I'd also like a Bugatti Veyhron, same color please...

This reminds me very much of Hublot and the way they make the big bang in all sorts of combinations. Initially I though they were reproductions but they were not. You can get the same effect as above by going to google image search and clicking on the colour buttons on the left:

As to the Rolex, how about a 45mm LV sub with a thinner body but keep the bezel the same width. Maybe in Ti with the CF face like above. Maybe a matching Ti grey ceramic band with a a glide-lock clasp.

This is a watch I generally think is about as overhyped and overpriced as they come - it was just in the envoius position of being in the right place at the right time first. It would not make my top 100 list of watches I'd like to own that I don't currently.

That being said, the carbon fiber dial with yellow accents is pretty neat. Too bad Rolex would never be that contemporary.

Actually i ve made up my mind and will act before they re on the market, i have a pam 297 that s going to look just like that sub black and yellow in very little time (that s the easy one to do) and i m looking for someone to make me a camouflage sub (that might be a bit more complex for a good quality result)...

@JohnnyJohnnyJohnny@Kris C haha this kid again. i just want to know one thing johnny- when you post comments on here, do you do it knowing that everyone who reads them thinks you are an idiot and you just don't care or are you actually so mentally impaired that you think that people value and agree with you comments??

@StephanLuberI've always viewed Rolex as an "old man's" watch brand and really never gave it another thought or even a consideration to purchase until the Milgauss 50th Anniversary issue. BTW thx for the link I'll take a look. The digital camo is relatively new (5/6 years) for our U.S. Forces; I don't follow camo patterns of other Nations but I'm sure some others are doing the same so a camo Rolex may appeal worldwide.

@StephanLuberMiniaturization of digital camo would have to be really precise, I've done it full scale on AR's with mixed results but that small I wouldn't even know how to approach it besides I'd have to stop drinking coffee and that's not gonna happen! Ha!

@JohnnyJohnnyJohnny i think you are getting a little upset. we all know that the guy who mentions someone else's sexuality in every comment in an unrelated topic is more likely to be gay. anyways, i think ill pass on giving you my email address. Also i wont be responding to anymore of your posts so why don't you get back to whatever snot-nose activities you do when you aren't accusing everyone on the internet who doesn't like you of being gay.

@JohnnyJohnnyJohnny@WallabeeKingpin ha again with the puerile comments. you are like an annoying 12 year old. i am not gay. i was just pointing out how ill conceived and annoying every comment you post on here is. and you still haven't answered my first question.

@JohnnyJohnnyJohnny What a rejoinder johnny! Your guile is clearly a force to be reckoned with. On a more serious note though, i am afraid that your fantasies are not to be fulfilled as I am not his boyfriend. This is the internet after all. By the way from looking at your profile picture i must say that your choice of wristwatch is quite apt for your budget.